Although starships with a wide variety of shapes have appeared in the Star Trek films and shows, all of the starships Enterprise have shared certain basic design features with the original Starship Enterprise model designed by Matt Jeffries in the 1960s, most notably the round (or rounded) foward "saucer section" topped by a bridge section, and rear "stardrive section" featuring two "warp drive" nacelles.

Thus far, eight different starships named Enterprise have appeared in Star Trek television episodes and films, as listed below, with full name, registry number and series or film of first significant appearance: